How do I pass command line arguments to a Node.js program?

Question

I have a web server written in Node.js and I would like to launch with a specific folder. I\'m not sure how to access arguments in JavaScript. I\'m running node like this:

Answer 1

proj.js

for(var i=0;i

Terminal:

nodemon app.js "arg1" "arg2" "arg3"

Result:

0 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe'
1 'C:\\Users\\Nouman\\Desktop\\Node\\camer nodejs\\proj.js'
2 'arg1' your first argument you passed.
3 'arg2' your second argument you passed.
4 'arg3' your third argument you passed.

Explaination:

0 : The directory of node.exe in your maching (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe')

1 : The directory of your project file. (proj.js)

2 : Your first argument to node (arg1)

3 : Your second argument to node (arg2)

4 : Your third argument to node (arg3)

your actual arguments start form 2nd index of argv array, that is process.argv[2].